Eastern Oregon Shortline Railroads

Most of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains is a raw and inhospitable land, largely the product of recent volcanic activity.
Railroad builders constructed a couple mainlines skirting the edges of the region and some branch lines into agricultural communities, but found very little else to attract their interest.
Over time, however, a small collection of interesting shortline railroads built or bought rail lines, either in conjunction with the developing timber industry in the Blue, Ochoco, a...